“Volcano”
Date
7-29-1812
Newspaper
Trump of Fame
Page and Column
Page 1, Column 4”
Newspaper Location
Warren, Ohio
Serial Number
1221
Abstract
Account of volcano at St. Vincents in the Caribbean in May 1812
Transcript
VOLCANO. Extract of a letter from Grenada. May 7, 1812. "A terrible calamity has just befallen our neighbouring island of Saint Vincents, in these few days past, a volcanio eruption in the north end of the island has destroyed a great number of estates, covering the [unreadable] TEXT MISSSING [unreadable text] ashes of a bluish color; and some lives, I understand, have been lost. So immense is the power of this eruption that the neighbouring island of St. Lucie (which is the direction in which the mountain vomits forth its fire and ashes) is said to be covered three or four inches deep, with the sand and most of the vessels arriving there have had their decks covered at a great distance from the land TEXT MISSING [unreadable text] a few weeks previously, of a dreadful earthquake at Carraccas and Laguira, which destroyed a great many thousands of the inhabitants, and I have no doubt that the explosion at St. Vincents is somehow or other connected with the first of these dreadful calamities; for on the night of the eruption, about midnight, great noises were heard both here and at Trinidad, as well as at Tobago; resembling the noise of a cannon discharged in a sea fight and occasional vollies of musquetry which I apprehend must have proceeded from subterraneous causes in the volcanic matter's passage under us or from the eruption of the mountain at St. Vincents. The volcano is still throwing out its fire, and it is feared will do great damage."
Recommended Citation
"“Volcano”" (1812). New Madrid Compendium Far-Field Database. 1174.
https://digitalcommons.memphis.edu/cas-ceri-new-madrid-compendium/1174
